MUNICH.- The exhibition at Haus der kunst is devoted solely to the works in black and white. Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1923 in Newburgh, New York) regularly verified a newfound formal solution through an execution in black and white. Mostly these versions in black and white were created parallel to the coloured versions; sometimes they preceded them. According to Ellsworth Kelly, his paintings in black and white comprise approximately 20 percent of his total úuvre; their amount in the complete work is higher than that of any other two-colour combination. So far these works have never been brought together in an exhibition, although the artist has encouraged this kind of retrospective since the 1990s. Since the beginning of his artistic endeavours, Ellsworth Kelly dealt with basic shapes he found in reality. In doing so, his perception is inspired by an object’s external characteristics. He is interested